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so that is saproblem. >> we're also learning from defense officials, the u.s. is increasing its role in the conflict in mali. how so, because the french were the ones on the ground? >> the french are positioned there because they do have bases and they have a history in algeria. the united states has now agreed they will help with air lifts. that means bringing in french troops into, not necessarily directly into mali, but into some of the surrounding areas. right now in mali, they have -- it's difficult to get everyone who needs to get in there. there will be, we understand, some 2,500 french forces. there are some african forces that are going to go in, but the french still want other things. they want some refueling capability and some intelligence and the u.s. is talking about that right now. >> all right, jill, appreciate the update. i want to get you caught up on some of the other stories we're following. >> fbi director robert mueller met with libyan officials in tripoli about the deadly attack at the u.s. consulate in benghazi last september. a lawense
so that is saproblem. >> we're also learning from defense officials, the u.s. is increasing its role in the conflict in mali. how so, because the french were the ones on the ground? >> the french are positioned there because they do have bases and they have a history in algeria. the united states has now agreed they will help with air lifts. that means bringing in french troops into, not necessarily directly into mali, but into some of the surrounding areas. right now in mali, they...
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fran, i want to ask you about something defense secretary leon panetta has said. part of this you just heard from chris lawrence, but i have another part that i want you and our viewers to hear. here is leon panetta. >> terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. we've got to go after al qaeda wherever the hell they're at and make sure they find no place to hide. >> i know he means it, but the problem is that was in december. this is now. they've been saying that after they were saying al qaeda was on the run. now they're saying we're going to go after them. but yet are we going after them? are the terrorists at this point feeling the united states says this, but what are they doing? >> i'm sure they do because, as you say, the passage of time. let's be clear, sometimes it's very hard to strike back right away. fbi director bob mueller was in libya talking to the investigators this week. i expect that the investigation is going on. but remember after the east africa embassy bombings
fran, i want to ask you about something defense secretary leon panetta has said. part of this you just heard from chris lawrence, but i have another part that i want you and our viewers to hear. here is leon panetta. >> terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. we've got to go after al qaeda wherever the hell they're at and make sure they find no place to hide. >> i know he means it, but the problem...
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. >> reporter: defense secretary leon panetta issued a warning to those running training camps. >> terrorists should be on notice. that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. >> reporter: so far, this al qaeda group has been focused in africa. but counterterrorism officials are concerned that if these training camps continue to flourish, their ambitions may expand. libya is right on the southern shore of the mediterranean. and officials are concerned that militants could try for an attack in europe or european militants could come to libya, get training, and then try to carry out an attack back home. erin? >> thanks very much to chris lawrence. fran townsend as former home land counterterrorism advisor to george bush. stewart holladay, special political affairs at the united nations. stewart, let me start with you. in chris' reporting there there was a sound bite from president obama from a very different time. but that sound bite, he said libya is a success, it's a lesson in success of how to do these things. was that premature, given what
. >> reporter: defense secretary leon panetta issued a warning to those running training camps. >> terrorists should be on notice. that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. >> reporter: so far, this al qaeda group has been focused in africa. but counterterrorism officials are concerned that if these training camps continue to flourish, their ambitions may expand. libya is right on the southern shore of the mediterranean....
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defense secretary leon panetta addressed the situation today. what can you tell us about that today? britain and the united states was unaware the raid was actually happening? >> that's one sort of slightly disturbing aspect of this. david cameron, part of the statement he made, was he was in almost constant contact with algerian prime minister. spoke with him four dimes in the day leading up to the situation to free the hostages. coordinating with the leaders of other countries involved and the united states among them. and david cameron has been talking to president obama about probably sharing their confusion about the situation on the ground, and that very remote part of algeria. leon pan etta has come out, saying he and the rest of the defense department is working around the clock to bring the situation to a happy ending. >> and matthew, another question, and i apologize if you already addressed it, but i'm trying to read the latest details coming out. do we know the number of americans? any clarity on that? >> no, we don't is the short an
defense secretary leon panetta addressed the situation today. what can you tell us about that today? britain and the united states was unaware the raid was actually happening? >> that's one sort of slightly disturbing aspect of this. david cameron, part of the statement he made, was he was in almost constant contact with algerian prime minister. spoke with him four dimes in the day leading up to the situation to free the hostages. coordinating with the leaders of other countries involved...
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you also have defense secretary leon panetta, here he is in london, giving his thoughts on the situation in algeria. >> terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. >> want to bring in jim clancy, our veteran journalist, covered conflicts all around the world. let's begin with, we keep saying this situation is so fluid, still so many details, what do we know right now? >> right now the latest that we have got, algerian press services reporting 12 foreign hostages have been killed, since the start of this operation. >> 12. >> but they say that's a provisional toll. it would be a low number in my estimation, and we have to still wait and see. we know some are still being held. mauritanian news services reporting there has been an office to swap hostages, the american hostages for a couple of hostages that are held right here in u.s. prisons. and one of them would be omar abdul rahman, the so-called blind sheikh who was charged in the 1993 bombing of the world trade center. he's serving a life sentence. and a
you also have defense secretary leon panetta, here he is in london, giving his thoughts on the situation in algeria. >> terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. >> want to bring in jim clancy, our veteran journalist, covered conflicts all around the world. let's begin with, we keep saying this situation is so fluid, still so many details, what do we know right now? >> right now the latest...
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his choices for secretary of defense, secretary of defense, secretary of treasury and cia director are all men. wolf? >> athena jones at the white house with the latest on that, an important position indeed. thank you. >>> monday's inauguration is a big day for president obama. historic day for the entire country. it's also a big day for some young iowans. when we come back, practicing to march in the inaugural parade. . while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and...